Definition of Familial hypercholesterolemia

1. Noun. Congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Familial Hypercholesterolemia

familial combined hyperlipemia
familial combined hyperlipidaemia
familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia
familial emphysema
familial erythroblastic anaemia
familial fat-induced hyperlipaemia
familial glycinuria
familial goiter
familial high density lipoprotein deficiency
familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia
familial hyperbetalipoproteinaemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia
familial hypercholesteraemic xanthomatosis
familial hypercholesterolaemia
familial hypercholesterolaemia with hyperlipaemia
familial hypercholesterolemia (current term)
familial hyperchylomicronaemia
familial hyperchylomicronaemia with hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia
familial hyperlipoproteinaemia
familial hyperprebetalipoproteinaemia
familial hypertriglyceridaemia
familial hypertriglyceridemia
familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia
familial hypophosphatemic rickets
familial intestinal polyposis
familial juvenile nephrophthisis
familial lipodystrophy

Literary usage of Familial hypercholesterolemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Mevinolin and colestipol stimulate receptor- mediated clearance of low density lipoprotein from plasma in familial hypercholesterolemia hétérozygotes. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Some of tone-resistant states, including some -resistant malignancies, the homo- >rm of familial hypercholesterolemia the resistance to one form of malaria ..."

3. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Development of coronary heart disease in familial hypercholesterolemia. ... Hunt SC, Schumacher C. Diagnosing heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia ..."

4. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan German Blazer (2006)
"familial hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease: A HuGE ... Genetic causes of monogenic heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A HuGE ..."

5. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Williams and coworkers (Williams et al. 1986; Hopkins, Williams, Hunt 1984) studied four large Utah pedigrees with familial hypercholesterolemia. ..."

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